For the first time in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the list of ‘real’ salaries of retained players. IPL is the most extravagant domestic T20 league in the world, and there is always curiosity among the fans about the salaries of the players. At 15 cr, Virat Kohli is the highest payed Indian cricketer in the Indian Premier League.
Here’s the full list of the detailed salaries of retained players:
| Sl. No. | IPL Team | Player | Purse Deduction (INR) | Actual Salary (INR) |
| 1. | KXIP | David Miller | 125,000,000.00 | 50,000,000.00 |
| 2. | KXIP | Manan Vohra | 40,000,000.00 | 3,500,000.00 |
| 3. | KKR | Gautam Gambhir | 125,000,000.00 | 100,000,000.00 |
| 4. | KKR | Sunil Narine | 95,000,000.00 | 80,000,000.00 |
| 5. | MI | Rohit Sharma | 125,000,000.00 | 115,000,002.00 |
| 6. | MI | Keiron Pollard | 95,000,000.00 | 97,000,000.00 |
| 7. | MI | Lasith Malinga | 75,000,000.00 | 81,000,000.00 |
| 8. | MI | Harbhajan Singh | 55,000,000.00 | 80,000,000.00 |
| 9. | MI | Ambati Rayudu | 40,000,000.00 | 60,000,000.00 |
| 10. | RCB | Virat Kohli | 125,000,000.00 | 150,000,000.00 |
| 11. | RCB | AB de Villers | 95,000,000.00 | 95,000,000.00 |
| 12. | RCB | Chris Gayle | 75,000,000.00 | 84,000,000.00 |
| 13. | SRH | Shikhar Dhawan | 125,000,000.00 | 125,000,000.00 |
| 14. | Pune | M S Dhoni | 125,000,000.00 | 125,000,000.00 |
| 15. | Pune | Ajinkya Rahane | 95,000,000.00 | 80,000,000.00 |
| 16. | Pune | Ravichandran Ashwin | 75,000,000.00 | 75,000,000.00 |
| 17. | Pune | Steven Smith | 55,000,000.00 | 40,000,000.00 |
| 18. | Pune | Faf du Plessis | 40,000,000.00 | 47,500,000.00 |
| 19. | Rajkot | Suresh Raina | 125,000,000.00 | 95,000,000.00 |
| 20. | Rajkot | Ravindra Jadeja | 95,000,000.00 | 55,000,000.00 |
| 21. | Rajkot | Brendon McCullum | 75,000,000.00 | 32,500,000.00 |
| 22. | Rajkot | James Faulkner | 55,000,000.00 | 51,000,000.00 |
| 23. | Rajkot | Dwayne Bravo | 40,000,000.00 | 40,000,000.00 |
